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Wisconsin News and SportsWed, 08 Apr 2015 19:02:04 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3Comment on Review process breaks down late in Wisconsin’s loss to Duke by James Switherlyhttp://www.wrn.com/2015/04/review-process-breaks-down-late-in-wisconsins-loss-to-duke/#comment-8895
Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:02:04 +0000http://www.wrn.com/?p=95212#comment-8895Interesting article debating why Duke won the game on the SH blog. Some different perspective here. Def worth a read: http://straighthoops.com/why_duke_won.html
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Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:19:45 +0000http://www.wrn.com/?p=94278#comment-8752Thanks for the added information. Sorry I didn’t have that information. My intention was not to bring down the other competitors. It was simply to say a player with those overwhelming numbers, deserved a seat at the table. Just my opinion.

Thank you for your note!

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Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:17:23 +0000http://www.wrn.com/?p=94278#comment-8751I don’t dispute that. I simply believe she deserves a seat at the table. Regardless of competition, she should have been a finalist. I’m not suggesting she is the top player in the state. I haven’t even seen all of the others play. But when you have that many points, she deserves an invite to the dance.

Remember Jolene Anderson? She played high school basketball for little old South Shore high school. She set the state scoring record, only to have it busted up by another South Shore star a week ago. South Shore is a very small school, playing in high school’s smallest division. Should we diminish her stats because her level of competition was not of the higher caliber?

Anderson went on to break the scoring record at the University of Wisconsin and now plays professional overseas.

I watched Mandy play for the first time in two years last night. She didn’t play well, but most of all, her team was overmatched by an outstanding Bay Area team. Courtney Wittig was outstanding and a thrill to watch play. She also had an outstanding cast of players around her. She is able to go hard for 30-seconds, knowing she’ll be coming off the ice for proper rest and recovery because her talented teammates will pick up the slack until it’s her turn to take a shift on the ice again.

Mandy Tomlinson doesn’t have that outstanding supporting cast and has to spend way too much time on the ice. It doesn’t stack up well against teams like Bay Area, or University School, teams with far superior talent.

You can make the same arguement for the other players considered finalists. How did they stack up when they played the really stiff competition on their schedule? I’ll bet you didn’t tabulate their totals.

Thank you for your kind response. You obviously did so with some knowledge and insight. My story yesterday wasn’t meant to try to drag down the competition. It’s just my opinion that a player that produces such overwhelming numbers, deserves more. Just my opinion.

Thank you!

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Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:05:24 +0000http://www.wrn.com/?p=94278#comment-8749I think you could make that arguement for many of the finalists. It’s always more difficult to score against better competition. I’m not making excuses for Mandy. She did not play well last night, much like her team. I’ll only re-state, Mandy deserves a seat at the table. To put up 98 points against any competition, deserves a seat at the table. She doesn’t have to win it, which I think I pointed out in my story. Thank you for your response.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:02:02 +0000http://www.wrn.com/?p=94278#comment-8748Alex, I explained in my post that this shouldn’t take away from the others who are deserving as well. Mandy does have 60 goals and 98 points. You need to check your facts. Perhaps you are looking at conference stats, just a guess. I’m looking at the entire season. I do know plenty about hockey, but I’m not going to argue the fact. I’m only saying this: When you lead the state in scoring by such a wide margin, you deserve to at least get to the dance. I’m not saying Mandy has to win the best player in the state award. I’m simply saying those numbers, regardless of the level of competition, are deserving of a seat at the table. She should have been a finalist and a small group of 18 coaches decided to take that away. By the way, my home town is not Waupaca. I’ve lived in Green Bay for 25 years, before that, I lived and worked in Waupaca for 7-years. Prior to that, I was born and raised in Wild Rose and spent 21 years there.
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